This week, a new Dr. Dre track called "Kush" leaked to the Internet, sparking talk of Dre's long-awaited Detox ... so the Good Doctor chose to speak on the release.
Who did he call to give people an update? Big Boy's Neighborhood, the morning show on Los Angeles' Power 106 radio station.
In the rare interview, the good doctor addressed the leak of "Kush" and the buzz surrounding it, his plans for Detox's release in 2011, and what he's listening to these days.
Below are highlights from his radio appearance (courtesy of Rap-Up.com):
On the status of Detox: "I see the finish line right now. I'm wrapping it up. I need about two or three more songs and hopefully I'll start the mixing process at the end of next month. And from that point I'm about 30 days out."
On why Detox took so long: "I felt like I was doing it more out of obligation as opposed to just really feeling it. As of last year, I've been really feeling where it's going and I think I'm ready. Hopefully, I won't disappoint."
On "Kush," the leaked single featuring Snoop Dogg and Akon: "There was a version of it that leaked that I wasn't really happy about, so we're gonna go on and push it and put it out because everybody seems to like it. I just thought that the content of it, it's about weed smoking, and I don't want people to think that that's what my album is about. This is actually the only song with that type of content in it. It's not a representation of what the album is."
On his plans for Detox: "We plan on doing maybe about six videos and we've been talking about touring. I'm not positive about that, but I definitely want to do it."
On the state of hip-hop: "It's aight. There are a lot of artists that I like, I love Wayne, I love Drake, I love the new artist J. Cole. There's some new brothers coming out on my record, SLim the Mobster, he's out of South Central. I think it could be better and hopefully I can do my part to assist in that."
